FIT 100 - Calendar

Calendar—Assignments & Due Dates

Week 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • Finals

Links to lecture slides are available on the same day as lecture. If the slides are not available by 12 noon, then a 0.5pt extra credit is awarded to the students.

If students find and report significant errors in any assignment before they are noticed by course staff, the students will receive 0.5pts of extra credit.

Holidays and Events

Memorial Day, May 28, is a UW campus holiday

Date	Day	Lectures	Readings	Lab Sessions	Work Assigned	Due by 10pm
Week 1
Mar 26	Mon	Introduction [slides (pptx)] [slides (pdf)] [handouts (pdf)]		CANCELLED	GoPost Biography [instructions]
Mar 27	Tues			CANCELLED
Mar 28	Wed	Terminology [slides (pptx)] [slides (pdf)] [handouts (pdf)]	Fluency, ch 1	Lab 1	Week 1 Discussions [GoPost] UW Computing Lab [instructions] Clicker Registration [webQ]
Mar 29	Thurs			Lab 1	UW Computing Lab [instructions]
Mar 30	Fri	Human-Computer Interaction [slides (pptx)] [slides (pdf)] [handouts (pdf)]	Fluency, ch 2			GoPost Biography
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Date	Day	Lectures	Readings	Lab Sessions	Work Assigned	Due by 10pm
Apr 2	Mon	Networking [slides (pptx)] [slides (pdf)] [handouts (pdf)] Videos: [Warriors of the Net] [History of the Internet]	Fluency, ch 3	Lab 2	SFTP Lab [instructions]	UW Computing Lab Clicker Registration
Apr 3	Tues			Lab 2	SFTP Lab [instructions]
Apr 4	Wed	Web Search and Search Engines [slides (pptx)] [slides (pdf)] [handouts (pdf)] Q6C Handout: [PDF] Videos: [Search Engines] [Truth Assessment on the Web] (You may need to download the Adobe Connect Meeting Add-In to view the above two videos) [Google on Search] [Updates to Google Search]	Fluency, ch 5 and 6	Lab 3	Week 2 Discussions Image Manipulation Lab [instructions]	Week 1 Discussions
Apr 5	Thurs			Lab 3	Image Manipulation Lab [instructions]	SFTP Lab
Apr 6	Fri	XHTML [slides (pptx)] [slides (pdf)] [handouts (pdf)]	Fluency, ch 4
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Date	Day	Lectures	Readings	Lab Sessions	Work Assigned	Due by 10pm
Apr 9	Mon	XHTML and CSS [slides (pptx)] [slides (pdf)] [handouts (pdf)]	Fluency, ch 4	Lab 4	XHTML Lab [instructions]	Image Manpulation Lab
Apr 10	Tues			Lab 4	XHTML Lab [instructions]
Apr 11	Wed	Social Implications of IT [slides (pptx)] [slides (pdf)] [handouts (pdf)]	Fluency, ch 12	Project 1A	Week 3 Discussions Project 1A [instructions] Plagiarism Activity [instructions]	Week 2 Discussions
Apr 12	Thurs			Project 1A	Project 1A [instructions]	XHTML Lab
Apr 13	Fri	Accessibility and Assistive Technologies [slides (pptx)] [slides (pdf)] [handouts (pdf)]	Introduction to Web Accessibility [html] Universal Design [pdf] Working Together... [pdf] World Wide Access [video]
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Date	Day	Lectures	Readings	Lab Sessions	Work Assigned	Due by 10pm
Apr 16	Mon	A Computing History Clip Show [slides (pptx)] [slides (pdf)] [handouts (pdf)]	An Illustrated History of Computing Pioneering Women in Computer Science Women of ENIAC (optional)	Project 1A		Project 1A (5 points EC)
Apr 17	Tues			Project 1A		Project 1A (2 points EC)
Apr 18	Wed	When IT Goes Bad [slides (pptx)] [slides (pdf)] [handouts (pdf)]	High-Tech Trash (Look through the Photo Gallery, Interactive, etc. as well) Therac-25 Case Study (Read the various parts listed in the table of contents)	Lab 5	Week 4 Discussions Plagiarism Activity [instructions]	Week 3 Discussions Project 1A
Apr 19	Thurs			Lab 5	Plagiarism Activity [instructions]
Apr 20	Fri	Debugging: To Err is Human [slides (pptx)] [slides (pdf)] [handouts (pdf)]	Fluency, ch 7
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Date	Day	Lectures	Readings	Lab Sessions	Work Assigned	Due by 10pm
Apr 23	Mon	Digital Information: From Bits to Bytes to Multimedia [slides (pptx)] [slides (pdf)] [handouts (pdf)]	Fluency, ch 8 and 11	Project 1B	Project 1B [instructions] Binary/RGB Worksheet [Word]	Plagiarism Activity
Apr 24	Tues			Project 1B	Project 1B [instructions]
Apr 25	Wed	How Computers Work [slides (pptx)] [slides (pdf)] [handouts (pdf)]	Fluency, ch 9	Project 1B	Week 5 Discussions	Week 4 Discussions
Apr 26	Thurs			Project 1B
Apr 27	Fri	Intro to JavaScript [slides (pptx)] [slides (pdf)] [handouts (pdf)] Examples: [Alert Demo] [Multiple Alerts Demo] [Concatentation Demo]	Fluency, ch 18 Skim the JavaScript Basic Tutorial at W3Schools that begins here. Pay particular attention to the pages on Statements, Variables, and Operators.			Binary/RGB Worksheet
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Date	Day	Lectures	Readings	Lab Sessions	Work Assigned	Due by 10pm
Apr 30	Mon	JavaScript Conditionals [slides (PPT)] [slides (PDF)] [handouts] Examples: [Confirm] [Leap Year Test] [Husky Colors (Refresh the page to try the other branch (cancel)]	Fluency, ch 18 W3 Schools Tutorial [Comparisons] and [If...Else]	Lab 6	Introductory JS Lab [instructions]	Project 1B (5 points EC)
May 1	Tues			Lab 6	Introductory JS Lab [instructions]	Project 1B (2 points EC)
May 2	Wed	Forms and Events [slides (PPT)] [slides (PDF)] [handouts] Examples: [Form Widgets] [Click a button] [Emoticons] [Calculator]	Fluency, ch 19 W3 Schools Tutorials [Events]	Project 2A	Week 6 Discussions Project 2A [instructions]	Project 1B Week 5 Discussions
May 3	Thurs			Project 2A	Project 2A [instructions]	Introductory JS Lab
May 4	Fri	JavaScript Functions [slides (PPT)] [slides (PDF)] [handouts] Examples: [Weight in Gold (v.1)] [Weight in Gold (v.2)] [Weight in Gold (v.3)] [Weight in Gold (App)]	Fluency, ch 20 W3 Schools Tutorials [Functions]		Section Voting: [AA] [AB] [AC] [AD] [AE] [AF]
top of page Week 7
Date	Day	Lectures	Readings	Lab Sessions	Work Assigned	Due by 10pm
May 7	Mon	JavaScript Arrays and Iteration [slides (PPT)] [slides (PDF)] [handouts] Examples: A Fruity Array Multiple Coin Tosses While Loop Example	W3 Schools Tutorials [For Loops], [While Loops], and [Arrays]	Lab 7/8	Web App Design Lab [instructions] Coin Flipping Lab [instructions]
May 8	Tues			Lab 7/8	Web App Design Lab [instructions] Coin Flipping Lab [instructions]
May 9	Wed	Objects and the Document Object Model [slides (pptx)] [slides (pdf)] [handouts (pdf)]	W3Schools DOM Tutorial	Lab 7/8	Week 7 Discussions	Week 6 Discussions Project 2A
May 10	Thurs			Lab 7/8		Section Voting
May 11	Fri	Privacy and Security [slides (PPT)] [slides (PDF)] [handouts]	Fluency, ch 13
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Date	Day	Lectures	Readings	Lab Sessions	Work Assigned	Due by 10pm
May 14	Mon	Algorithms and Problem-Solving [slides (pptx)] [slides (pdf)] [handouts (pdf)]	Fluency, ch 10 and 22 (skim)	Lab 9	Your Own Web App Lab [instructions] Best Hoax Page Voting [WebQ]	Web App Design Lab Coin Fliping Lab
May 15	Tues			Lab 9	Your Own Web App Lab [instructions]
May 16	Wed	Limits of Computation [slides (pptx)] [slides (pdf)] [handouts (pdf)] Turing Machine Video: [YouTube] Eliza Online Chat: [link]	Fluency, ch 23	Project 2B	Week 8 Discussions Project 2B [instructions]	Week 7 Discussions
May 17	Thurs			Project 2B	Project 2B [instructions]	Best Hoax Page Voting
May 18	Fri	Spreadsheets [slides (PPT)] [slides (PDF)] [handouts]	Fluency, ch 14 amd 15		Extra Credit: Research Symposium
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Date	Day	Lectures	Readings	Lab Sessions	Work Assigned	Due by 10pm
May 21	Mon	Databases [slides (pptx)] [slides (pdf)] [handouts (pdf)]	Fluency, ch 15 and 16	Lab 10	Database Lab [instructions]	Your Own Web App Lab Extra Credit: Research Symposium
May 22	Tues			Lab 10	Database Lab [instructions]
May 23	Wed	Database Operations and Queries [slides (pptx)] [slides (pdf)] [handouts (pdf)]	Fluency, ch 16	Project 3A	Week 9 Discussions Project 3A [instructions]	Week 8 Discussions Project 2B
May 24	Thurs			Project 3A	Project 3A [instructions]	Database Lab
May 25	Fri	Database Design [slides (pptx)] [slides (pdf)] [handouts (pdf)]	Fluency, ch 16 and 17
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Date	Day	Lectures	Readings	Lab Sessions	Work Assigned	Due by 10pm
May 28	Mon	Memorial Day		CANCELLED: Work on Project 3A/3B
May 29	Tues			Optional: Work on Project 3A/3B (attend any section if you want)
May 30	Wed	Databases with XML [slides (PPT)] [slides (PDF)] [handouts] Travelogue Example: [Raw XML] [Stylized XML] [XSL]	Fluency, ch 17	Project 3B	Week 10 Discussions Project 3B [instructions]	Week 9 Discussions Project 3A
May 31	Thurs			Project 3B	Project 3B [instructions]
Jun 1	Fri	Wrap-Up [slides (pptx)] [slides (pdf)] [handouts (pdf)] Course Evaluations	Fluency, ch 24			Project 3B (10pts EC if by Friday, 8pts by Saturday, 6pts by Sunday)
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Date	Day	Lectures	Readings	Lab Sessions	Work Assigned	Due by 10pm
Jun 4	Mon					Project 3B (4pts EC)
Jun 5	Tues					Project 3B (no late turn-ins)
Jun 6	Wed					Week 10 Discussions
Jun 7	Thurs
Jun 8	Fri
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